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Best well drillers in Woodbury County, Iowa
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 55 drilling companies with wells
on record in Woodbury County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,836 logged
wells in the Iowa DNR Well Information System (IWIS) (records as of 2026-08-24). Every number links back to
the public record.
55companies on record
24active since 2022
2,836wells in county record
| # | Company | In Woodbury Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Bresnahan,Ron - 1626 | 139 | 375 | 801 |
| 2 | Walsh,Dennis - 5683 | 28 | 85 | 131 |
| 3 | Wernimont,Gary - 6669 | 23 | 29 | 593 |
| 4 | Wunschel,Adam - 7381 | 23 | 24 | 35 |
| 5 | Vandebrake,Larry - 5578 | 17 | 69 | 489 |
| 6 | Merriman,Larry - 3996 | 17 | 22 | 298 |
| 7 | Walsh,Dennis - 11294 | 15 | 31 | 55 |
| 8 | Mcconnell,Tracy - 7037 | 7 | 14 | 162 |
| 9 | Richards,Justin - 10632 | 7 | 10 | 75 |
| 10 | * Unknown, - | 6 | 1,353 | 96,967 |
| 11 | Hoogland,Barry - 10091 | 6 | 7 | 63 |
| 12 | Kohlhof,Arthur - 3501 | 4 | 45 | 56 |
| 13 | Strand,Michael - 5350 | 3 | 7 | 305 |
| 14 | Vogt,Randy - 5647 | 3 | 6 | 44 |
| 15 | Rehse,Kevin - 4684 | 2 | 3 | 385 |
| 16 | Meeker,Rick - 7276 | 2 | 2 | 278 |
| 17 | Grosch,Scott - 6743 | 2 | 2 | 27 |
| 18 | Thein,Robert - 5442 | 1 | 2 | 96 |
| 19 | Scheiber,Brady - 11512 | 1 | 1 | 226 |
| 20 | Minarick,James - 9733 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| 21 | S,Martin - 40001 | — | 304 | 359 |
| 22 | Hanson,Arvid - 40166 | — | 91 | 306 |
| 23 | Vandebrake,Larry - 40074 | — | 44 | 402 |
| 24 | Torgerson, Don L. | — | 38 | 38 |
| 25 | Hanson,Arvid - 2859 | — | 31 | 286 |
| 26 | Hagedorn, Ray | — | 29 | 29 |
| 27 | Bresnahan Well Co. | — | 22 | 90 |
| 28 | Hammond,Richard - 2829 | — | 21 | 68 |
| 29 | Rehse,Kevin - 40553 | — | 21 | 64 |
| 30 | Hammond,Richard - 40551 | — | 20 | 37 |
| 31 | Alton Well & Concrete Co., Inc. | — | 18 | 92 |
| 32 | Bresnahan,Ron - 40687 | — | 18 | 79 |
| 33 | Soole,Marty - 40510 | — | 17 | 32 |
| 34 | Vakoc,Vernon - 40511 | — | 14 | 32 |
| 35 | Rewerts, Justin | — | 9 | 98 |
| 36 | Vakoc,Vernon - 5566 | — | 8 | 40 |
| 37 | Merriman,Larry - 40075 | — | 6 | 125 |
| 38 | Cahoy,Darin - 1786 | — | 5 | 27 |
| 39 | J & R Drilling Services Inc. | — | 4 | 51 |
| 40 | Meeker,Ronald - 3971 | — | 3 | 565 |
| 41 | Rewerts Well Co. Inc. | — | 3 | 432 |
| 42 | Wilcox,Charles - 40095 | — | 3 | 43 |
| 43 | Warrick,John - 5708 | — | 2 | 187 |
| 44 | Henry,Fred - 3001 | — | 2 | 353 |
| 45 | Middendorff,Craig - 4021 | — | 2 | 561 |
| 46 | Jacobs,David - 40528 | — | 2 | 318 |
| 47 | Barker, Jeremy | — | 2 | 46 |
| 48 | Adkins,Gregory - 40377 | — | 2 | 41 |
| 49 | Arkfeld,Jayme - 1251 | — | 1 | 124 |
| 50 | Middendorff,Craig - 40093 | — | 1 | 445 |
| 51 | Meeker,Ronald - 40277 | — | 1 | 200 |
| 52 | Winkler,James - 40228 | — | 1 | 134 |
| 53 | Akers,Allen - 1023 | — | 1 | 75 |
| 54 | Adams,Trint - 7075 | — | 1 | 38 |
| 55 | Warrick,John - 40081 | — | 1 | 28 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Woodbury County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full Iowa DNR
record. A ★ marks a featured sponsor — sponsors must appear in the county record to be listed, and
the ranking below them is never reordered.
Who drills the most wells in Woodbury County?
Bresnahan,Ron - 1626 has drilled the most Woodbury County wells in the recent record — 139 since 2016, 375 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Woodbury County?
55 companies in the Iowa DNR record have drilled wells in Woodbury County; 24 of them have drilled somewhere in Iowa since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Woodbury County?
The median drilled depth in Woodbury County is 120 ft, based on 3,953 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Woodbury County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Woodbury County wells page.
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